Diagnosis of tubo-ovarian filariasis with retroperitoneal extension: A radiological challenge

Abstract

The purpose of this report is to describe a very rare case of bilateral tubo-ovarian filariasis with retroperitoneal extension in a 20-year-old female patient. The patient complained of low-grade fever with whitish cloudy urine. Computerized tomography imaging revealed hypodense cystic abdominopelvic masses with nonenhancing septations involving the retroperitoneum and ultrasound showing the characteristic “dancing larvae sign” suggesting filariasis.

Keywords

• Dancing larvae
• filariasis
• tubo-ovarian